Arter (art center)

Arter is a non-profit art space in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey. The space is an affiliate of the Vehbi Koç Foundation (VKV).

Arter
Arter, Dolapdere, architectural rendering by Grimshaw Architects
Established2010 (2010)
LocationIrmak Avenue No: 13, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
TypeNon-profit art institution
VisitorsArter’s new building in Dolapdere is scheduled to open in September 2019.
FounderVehbi Koç Foundation

Arter was opened in 2010 with the aim of providing a sustainable infrastructure for producing and exhibiting contemporary art. At its building on Istiklal Street, Arter presented 35 solo and group exhibitions between 2010–2018 with accompanying publications, talks, performances and workshops; and provided support for the production of 183 artworks in the framework of its exhibitions.

Arter has recently moved to its new home in Dolapdere, which opened to the public on 13 September 2019.

Building

Arter was active at a historical building on Istanbul’s Istiklal Street between 2010–2019.

In 2019, Arter moved to its new premises in the Dolapdere district. Designed by Grimshaw Architects (UK), the new building has 18,000 square meters of indoor area. In addition to exhibition galleries and a sculpture terrace, the building houses performance halls, learning areas, a library, a conservation laboratory, an arts bookstore, and a café.

Arter's former building on Istiklal Street re-opened in September 2019 as an exhibition space named Meşher, operated by the Vehbi Koç Foundation.

History

Between 2010–2018, Arter has presented 26 solo and 9 group exhibitions.   

Arter's inaugural exhibition "Starter"[1] (8 May–31 January 2010) presented more than 160 works by 87 artists, all belonging to the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection.[2]

Arter's new building in Dolapdere, Istanbul

In line with its mission to support artistic production, Arter[3] has encouraged the creation of new works for each exhibition. "Second Exhibition" [4] (28 November 2010 – 13 March 2011) and "Envy, Enmity, Embarrassment"[5](24 January–7 April 2013) were two exhibitions solely of commissioned works, both curated by Emre Baykal.

Within the context of new productions, Arter also initiated Sound Art Project, a series dedicated to sonic arts, beginning with Erdem Helvacıoğlu's exhibition "Freedom to the Black" [6](10–22 February 2012) and continuing with Sarkis’ exhibition "Interpretation of Cage / Ryoanji" [7] (15 November 2013 – 12 January 2014), both curated by Melih Fereli.

Between 15 November 2013 and 12 January 2014, Arter introduced "Bahane" (lit. pretext, occasion) on its second floor, a shared space "for exploring, working and hanging out either individually or collectively". Conceptually linked with the three concurrent solo exhibitions on Arter's remaining floors, Bahane[8] was conceived by İlkay Baliç and İz Öztat as a collective space where people browsed and read books; explored videos, films and documentaries; and participated in workshops, discussions and talks or simply hung out.

Furthermore, Arter hosted the Istanbul Biennial as one of the main venues for its 13th and 14th editions as well as the 4th edition of the Istanbul Design Biennial.[9]

Publications

Between 2010–2018, Arter's programme has featured bilingual publications that accompany each exhibition. Each Arter book is a self-standing publication tailored to respond to the conceptual framework of an exhibition both in terms of editorial structure and design.

In 2013, the exhibition book The Stones Talk, designed by Esen Karol, has been selected amongst the best 50 book designs at the 50 Books/50 Covers competition organized by Design Observer.[10] In 2014, the book of Füsun Onur's "Through the Looking Glass" exhibition, again designed by Esen Karol, has been included in the same selection.[11] Designed by Ali Emre Doğramacı, the exhibition book Isle has been awarded by the Turkish Graphic Designers Association (GMK) in the category of Best Book Design in 2018.

To this date, Arter has published 41 books in the context of its exhibition programme.

As of 2019, Arter has initiated two new publication series which accompany the opening of the institution’s new building in Dolapdere: the first is entitled Arter Close-Up and offers a closer look into a selected work from its collection; which contains more than 1,300 works as of 2019. The second publication series, Arter Background, reveals the thinking process behind each group exhibition. [12]

List of publications:

  • Starter, May 2010
  • Second Exhibition Book 1/2, November 2010
  • Second Exhibition Book 2/2, November 2010
  • Tactics of Invisibility, April 2011
  • Patricia Piccinini: Hold Me Close to Your Heart, June 2011
  • Deniz Gül: 5 Person Bufet, July 2011
  • Kutluğ Ataman: Mesopotamian Dramaturgies, September 2011
  • Erdem Helvacıoğlu: Freedom to the Black, February 2012
  • Mona Hatoum: You Are Still Here, March 2012
  • Nevin Aladağ: Stage, April 2012
  • Berlinde De Bruyckere: The Wound, June 2012
  • Sophia Pompéry: The Silent Shape of Things, June 2012
  • Adel Abidin, Rosa Barba, Runa Islam: The Move, October 2012
  • Envy, Enmity, Embarrassment 1/2, January 2013
  • Envy, Enmity, Embarrassment 2/2, January 2013
  • Volkan Aslan: Don't Forget to Remember, May 2013
  • Mat Collishaw: Afterimage, May 2013
  • Aslı Çavuşoğlu: The Stones Talk, November 2013
  • Fatma Bucak: Yet Another Story About the Fall, November 2013
  • Sarkis: Interpretation of Cage / Ryoanji, November 2013
  • Marc Quinn: The Sleep of Reason, February 2014
  • Füsun Onur: Through the Looking Glass, May 2014
  • The Roving Eye: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia, September 2014
  • Ali Kazma: timemaker, January 2015
  • Spaceliner, May 2015
  • Šejla Kamerić: When the Heart Goes Bing Bam Boom, December 2015
  • Bahar Yürükoğlu: Flow Through, March 2016
  • Murat Akagündüz: Vertigo, March 2016
  • Şener Özmen: Unfiltered, March 2016
  • Not All That Falls Has Wings, June 2016
  • Nil Yalter: Off the Record, October 2016
  • Bilge Friedlaender: Words, Numbers, Lines, October 2016
  • Jake & Dinos Chapman: In the Realm of the Senseless, February 2017
  • Ways of Seeing, June 2017
  • CANAN: Behind Mount Qaf, September 2017
  • Can Aytekin: Empty House, March 2018
  • Ali Mahmut Demirel: Isle, March 2018
  • What Time Is It?, September 2019
  • Words Are Very Unnecessary, September 2019
  • Altan Gürman, September 2019
  • İnci Furni: She Waited for a While, September 2019
  • Ayşe Erkmen: Whitish, September 2019
  • Sarkis: Çaylak Sokak, September 2019

Exhibitions

2019

“What Time Is It?” 13 September 2019–9 February 2020 Curators: Emre Baykal & Eda Berkmen

“Words Are Very Unnecessary” 13 September 2019–8 March 2020 Curator: Selen Ansen

“Altan Gürman” 13 September 2019–9 February 2020 Curator: Başak Doğa Temür

“İnci Furni: She Waited for a While” 13 September 2019–26 January 2020 Curator: Eda Berkmen

“Ayşe Erkmen: Whitish” 13 September 2019–8 March 2020 Curator: Emre Baykal

“Rosa Barba: The Hidden Conference” 13 September 2019–19 January 2020 Emre Baykal

"Céleste Bousier Mougenot: offroad, v.2” 13 September–15 December 2019 Curator: Selen Ansen

2018

Ali Mahmut Demirel, “Isle” 16 March–15 July 2018 Curator: Başak Doğa Temür

Can Aytekin, “Empty House” 16 March–15 July 2018 Curator: Eda Berkmen

2017

Jake & Dinos Chapman, "In the Realm of the Senseless" 10 February–7 May 2017 Curator: Nick Hackworth

CANAN, "Behind Mount Qaf" 12 September 2017 – 18 February 2018 Curator: Nazlı Gürlek

“Ways of Seeing” 2 June 2017 – 13 August 2017 Curators: Sam Bardaouil & Till Fellrath Artists: Ghada Amer, Chris Bond, Cantagalli, David Claerbout, Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger, Hayri Çizel, Salvador Dali, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Mona Hatoum, Jeppe Hein , Paul & Marlene Kos, Alicja Kwade, Gustav Metzger, Shana Moulton, Vik Muniz, Grayson Perry, Walid Raad, Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter, Fred Sandback, Markus Schinwald, Hassan Sharif, Cindy Sherman, Kim Tschang-Yeul, James Turrell, Kara Walker, James Webb, Frederik de Wit

2016

Bahar Yürükoğlu, "Flow Through"[13] 30 March–15 May 2016 Curator: Duygu Demir

Murat Akagündüz, "Vertigo" 30 March–15 May 2016 Curator: Aslı Seven

Şener Özmen, "Unfiltered" 30 March–15 May 2016 Curator: Süreyyya Evren

2015

Šejla Kamerić, "When the Heart Goes Bing Bam Boom"[14] 11 December 2015 – 28 February 2016 Curator: Başak Doğa Temür

Spaceliner 5 May–2 August 2015 Curator: Barbara Heinrich Artists: Peter Anders, Sandra Boeschenstein, Pip Culbert, İnci Eviner, Monika Grzymala, Nic Hess, Gözde İlkin, Harry Kramer, Pauline Kraneis, Hans Peter Kuhn, Zilla Leutenegger, Pia Linz, Christiane Löhr, Ulrike Mohr, Jong Oh, Nadja Schöllhammer, Heike Weber

Ali Kazma, "timemaker" 30 January–5 April 2015 Curator: Emre Baykal

2014

The Roving Eye - Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia[15] 18 September 2014 – 4 January 2015 Curator: Iola Lenzi Artists: Alwin Reamillo, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Aung Ko, Aung Myint, Bui Cong Khanh, Chris Chong Chan Fui, Dinh Q. Le, Duto Hardono, FX Harsono, Heri Dono, Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan, Ise Roslisham, Jakkai Siributr, Jason Lim, Josephine Turalba, Krisna Murti, Lee Wen, Luong Hue Trinh & Nguyen Xuan Son, Manit Sriwanichpoom, Melati Suryodarmo, Mella Jaarsma, Michael Shaowanasai, Nguyen Van Cuong, Restu Ratnaningtyas, Srey Bandaul, Sutee Kunavichayanont, Tawatchai Puntusawasdi, Tay Wei Leng, Vasan Sitthiket, Vertical Submarine, Vu Dan Tan, Yee I-Lann

Füsun Onur, "Through the Looking Glass" 28 May–17 August 2014 Curator: Emre Baykal

Marc Quinn, "The Sleep of Reason"[16] 8 February–27 April 2014 Curator: Selen Ansen

2013

Aslı Çavuşoğlu, "The Stones Talk" 15 November 2013 – 12 January 2014 Curator: Özge Ersoy

Fatma Bucak, "Yet Another Story About the Fall"[17] 15 November 2013 – 12 January 2014 Curator: Başak Doğa Temür

Sarkis, "Interpretation of Cage / Ryoanji" 15 November 2013 – 12 January 2014 Curator: Melih Fereli

Mat Collishaw, "Afterimage" 2 May–11 August 2013 Curator: Başak Doğa Temür

Volkan Aslan, "Don’t Forget to Remember" 2 May–11 August 2013 Curator: Emre Baykal

Envy, Enmity, Embarrassment 24 January–7 April 2013 Curator: Emre Baykal Artists: Selim Birsel, Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, CANAN, Aslı Çavuşoğlu, Merve Ertufan & Johanna Adebäck, Nilbar Güreş, Berat Işık, Şener Özmen, Yusuf Sevinçli, Erdem Taşdelen, Hale Tenger, Mahir Yavuz

2012

Adel Abidin, Rosa Barba, Runa Islam, "The Move" 5 October–18 November 2012 Curator: Başak Şenova

Sophia Pompéry, "The Silent Shape of Things" 21 June–26 August 2012 Curator: Ece Pazarbaşı

Berlinde De Bruyckere, "The Wound"[18] 21 June–26 August 2012 Curator: Selen Ansen

Nevin Aladağ, "Stage"[19] 6 April–27 May 2012 Curator: Başak Doğa Temür

Mona Hatoum, "You Are Still Here"[20] 17 March–27 May 2012 Curator: Emre Baykal

Erdem Helvacıoğlu, "Freedom to the Black" 10–26 February 2012 Curator: Melih Fereli

2011

Kutluğ Ataman, "Mesopotamian Dramaturgies" 15 September–11 December 2011 Curator: Emre Baykal

Deniz Gül, "5 Person Bufet" 8 July–25 September 2011 Curator: Emre Baykal

Patricia Piccinini, "Hold Me Close to Your Heart"[21] 22 June–21 August 2011 Curator: Başak Doğa Temür

Tactics of Invisibility[22] 9 April–5 June 2011 Curators: Daniela Zyman, Emre Baykal Artists: Nevin Aladağ, Kutluğ Ataman, Cevdet Erek, Ayşe Erkmen, Esra Ersen, İnci Eviner, Nilbar Güreş, Hafriyat, Ali Kazma, Füsun Onur, Sarkis, Hale Tenger, Nasan Tur, xurban_collective[23]

2010

Second Exhibition 28 November 2010 – 13 March 2011 Curator: Emre Baykal Artists: .-_-., Halil Altındere, Burak Arıkan, Volkan Aslan, Vahap Avşar, Banu Cennetoğlu – Yasemin Özcan Kaya, Ayşe Erkmen, Hafriyat (Murat Akagündüz, Antonio Cosentino, extramücadele, İnci Furni, Mustafa Pancar), Ali Kazma, Aydan Murtezaoğlu – Bülent Şangar, Ahmet Öğüt, İz Öztat, Cengiz Tekin, Canan Tolon

Starter - Works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection 8 May–31 October 2010 Curator: René Block Artists: Adel Abidin, Lene Adler Petersen, Nevin Aladağ, Halil Altındere, Lauri Astala, Fikret Atay, Ay-O, Maja Bajević, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Bloom, Claus Böhmler, George Brecht, KP Brehmer, Elina Brotherus, Stanley Brouwn, John Cage, Sophie Calle, Mircea Cantor, Olga Chernysheva, Giuseppe Chiari, Anetta Mona Chişa & Lucia Tkáčová, Henning Christiansen, John Coplans, Cengiz Çekil, Braco Dimitrijević, Maria Eichhorn, Cevdet Erek, Ayşe Erkmen, Harun Farocki, Robert Filliou, Terry Fox, Dan Graham, Asta Gröting, Nilbar Güreş, Kristján Gudmundsson, Richard Hamilton, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Rebecca Horn, K.H. Hödicke, Joe Jones, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Šejla Kamerić, Aino Kannisto, Allan Kaprow, Gülsün Karamustafa, Diána Keller, William Kentridge, Alison Knowles, Servet Koçyiğit, Julius Koller, Jarosław Kozłowski, Arthur Köpcke, Konrad Lueg, George Maciunas, Walter Marchetti, Olaf Metzel, Mandana Moghaddam, Aydan Murtezaoğlu, Zoran Naskovski, Navid Nuur, Miklos Onucsan, Ahmet Öğüt, Erkan Özgen, Ebru Özseçen, Nam June Paik, Dan Perjovschi, Goran Petercol, Sigmar Polke, Sophia Pompéry, Diter Rot, Annette Ruenzler, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Michael Sailstorfer, Karin Sander, Carles Santos, Stuart Sherman, Serge Spitzer, Superflex, Bülent Şangar, Cengiz Tekin, Endre Tót, Nasan Tur, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Emmett Williams, Maaria Wirkkala

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